Doing nothing

Where once you might have looked out the window on the bus, or stood still in a queue? We’d put money on the fact that it’s been a while.

Do we need this skill? Depends. Everyone needs a little peace from time to time, and for some people, peace exists somewhere on the internet.

Sticking to plans

Once upon a time if you made a plan you had to show up, otherwise the person would be standing there like a gombeen waiting for you.

These days you can cancel a plan twenty minutes beforehand by sending a text, and if the other person is annoyed you don’t even have to deal with it because they’ll probably have forgotten about it by the time you see them next.